Rosemount's softball team was the definition of the word "busy" during the past week.

The Irish played seven games over a seven-day period, including three games during a tournament on Saturday.

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The busy week started May 7, when the Irish lost 3-2 in eight innings to Burnsville in a Lake Conference match-up.

"We let that one get away," Irish coach Jim Matheson said. "We trailed 1-0 for quite a bit of the game. We scored in the bottom of the sixth to go up 2-1. All we had to do was get out of the seventh and we couldn't do it."

Paige Carter started the rally for the Irish with a single, and Maria Leidner followed with a single. They came home on Tonya Kettinger's hit to left center.

The Irish came back the following day and lost another Lake Conference game, 4-0, to Eagan. Eagan is one of the top teams in the state, sporting a 12-1 record.

"They are very good," Matheson said. "It was 1-0 entering the sixth, and they kind of broke it open in the sixth inning."

Rosemount battled back for a 10-0 victory over Eastview on May 9.

"They gave us some runs early with some mistakes," Matheson said.

The Irish lost to Wayzata 6-2 Saturday in the opener of the Benilde-St. Margaret's tournament.

"We didn't play very well against Wayzata," Matheson said.

Kayla Goehring had a triple and Rachel Hoeppner had a home run to account for Rosemount's runs.

In the second round, Rosemount rolled over Fridley, 16-1. The third round found Rosemount winning again, this time 7-0 over Visitation.